Hey, What’d I Miss? OTE Summary, 7/16 – 7/22

July 23rd, 2012 at 11:41 am

Examining a potential shift to territorial taxation: the offshoring of jobs happens — it’s part of globalization — but the last thing you’d want to do from a policy perspective is incentivize more of it!

Considering three monhts of falling retail sales: a negative trend in 2012q2 corresponds to the slower growth in the job market.

Clarifying the difference between firms and establishments: is the lion’s share of job growth really coming from small businesses?

Looking back on President Obama’s decision to rescue the two auto companies — GM and Chrysler — that were facing liquidation in 2009: a good deed goes unrecognized.

Analyzing the tax debate from a sub-national level: no matter how you slice it, you will be very hard pressed to make an argument that Americans are overtaxed.